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The Walker Art Gallery has welcomed back Virgin and Child in Glory (1673), an altarpiece by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), following a major conservation project. The project has revealed more about the dramatic history of the painting, and about the skills and techniques employed by the renowned Spanish artist.

The Walker Art Gallery is set to receive an early Christmas present in the form of Lawrence Stephen Lowry's painting The Liver Buildings, Liverpool, which will be displayed at the Gallery on long term loan from Friday 8 December.

A powerful new exhibition by 2017 Turner Prize Nominee Lubaina Himid MBE, leads a packed Black History Month programme taking place at many of National Museums Liverpool's museums and galleries this October.